How Hamburger Helper helped my cooking
Attempting to make a from-scratch version of the boxed classic got me excited about cooking again
Spicy, buttery orzo for the one-pot win
'Nduja is a spicy, spreadable pork sausage from Italy. Here, it's the backbone of an easy 30-minute dinner
The best way to cook shrimp
Never eat an overcooked, rubbery shrimp agan. Never!
"Emily in Paris" is aging well
Forget "And Just Like That." For a nuanced performance of a powerful, aging woman, watch Sylvie in "Emily in Paris"
11 actors who nearly starred in LOTR
What would Middle-earth have looked like with Nicolas Cage as one of the Fellowship?
What Joe Manchin wants
Manchin knows the coal industry can only survive if we don't give incentives to clean energy
Channel your inner Barefoot Contessa
From lemon skillet-roast chicken to a Jeffrey-worthy devil's food cake
Climate change wiped out my town
The Dixie fire — a clear consequence of climate change — wiped out my rural California town. And we had it easy
2022: The year of cooking with crunch
From breadcrumbs to seed blends like duqqa, adding some crunch to your at-home meals is a recipe for success
Research: relatives share writing styles
A look at each author's choice of words reveal that the Brontë family shared similar literary styles and voices
Omicron's odd hospitalization pattern
"There is a decoupling going on because there is so much vaccination that has occurred," one expert tells Salon
Despite everything, we need each other
Republicans actually know that government can do good. But they have to pretend otherwise most of the time
What misinformation will 2022 bring?
From the Jan. 6 riots to copious COVID distortions, 2021 was a banner year for misinfo. What will 2022 bring?
Joe Manchin, BBB and West Virginia
Does Joe Manchin really care about Build Back Better? His primary concern is always West Virginia politics
"Unite the Right" set stage for Jan. 6
The ideas that galvanized the Unite the Right rally are no longer considered too radioactive for right-wing media
House GOP sends openly anti-vax tweet
"Really disgraceful that the GOP House Judiciary Committee is pushing an openly anti-vax message now"
Inside a hospital during a COVID surge
Amid the latest surge of COVID cases, health care workers yet again are having to make difficult triage decisions
The medical mystery of "voodoo death"
Those with dysexistential syndrome can literally will themselves to die. Medicine is just starting to understand
Match your salad to the winter season
Here is a very simple winter salad that is as delicious as it is easy to prepare
24 of the coziest dumpling recipes
Reward yourself with alllllll the little pockets of joy
They were the pandemic’s perfect victims
When COVID struck, nearly 18,000 more dialysis patients died in 2020 than would have been expected
31 New Year’s Day dinners for good luck
Long noodles, cornbread and black-eyed peas are all said to bring good luck and prosperity
The long history of sexy nunsploitation
Sapphic sister-on-sister action & Hot Priests as entertainment tropes hail from decidedly unsexy political origins